Blimey: My Bloody Valentine 20-year old demos surface?

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Apologies if already posted, couldn't find any mention on search - but these popped up on tohereknowsweb yesterday.

Real or fake, you decide. They sound pretty plausible to me.

Kevin Song www.mediafire.com/?zmygjz2d3lc
Bilinda Song www.mediafire.com/?wgwzaom5qmn
Cowboy Song www.mediafire.com/?j1mwoxyttnm

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:23 (fifteen years ago)

this is a rickroll isn't it

tylerw, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:29 (fifteen years ago)

they're phoney - the author admitted so.

on the subject of rickrollin' though.

the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:30 (fifteen years ago)

LOL. I've listened to them all now, they sound like the real deal

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

x-post

These are different tracks from the one posted at the beginning of that thread.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:31 (fifteen years ago)

My first impression is that Bilinda Song is the strongest. Cowboy Song is very much an Isn’t Anything cast-off, and Kevin Song has the lowest recording quality, but the most Loveless-like structure.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:36 (fifteen years ago)

ohhhhhhhhhhhh well that's pretty exciting - can not wait to get home & listen. i guess it was a better bet that internet leaks would beat the expanded glider reissue.

the heart is a lonely hamster (schlump), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:43 (fifteen years ago)

According to this thread: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?p=35417073

cowboy song is an outtake from isn't anything(1988) and the other 2 are post-creation so im not really sure

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:46 (fifteen years ago)

wow, these are quite good. maybe that glider album will come out in the next 10 years after all.

zappi, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 15:52 (fifteen years ago)

It seems these are some of the tracks off the long-delayed boxset:

DISC 4 - Unreleased
01 Instrumental #2
02 Instrumental #1
03 Cowboy Song
04 Good For You
05 Sugar
06 Kevin Song
07 Belinda Song
08 Glider (Long)

As good as these 3 tracks are, I can see why they haven't chosen to release them before. Kevin Song is just treading water with the rest of Isn't Anything, and the other two don't seem like any kind of progression has been made on an artistic level, from Loveless, if that is indeed where they date from.

Fantastic material for a rareties disk though, but I'm hoping for greater things from the mid-90s sprawl and, fingers crossed, new songs.

Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:58 (fifteen years ago)

Big news but a little disappointing. Good quality control at the time I suppose.

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago)

Right, of that list. 1 and 2 were on a free 7" single with "Isn't Anything", 5 was on a flexidisc with "The Catalogue", and 08 is on the "Andrew Weatherall Remix" 12". Leaving "Good for you"

So, not exactly "unreleased" hmmm...

Mark G, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago)

"Sugar", "Instrumental 2", and the extended "Glider" are all amazing. I think that only the extended "Glider" has never been released on at least a promo CD. I'd be very eager to hear "Sugar" cleaned up a bit.

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:54 (fifteen years ago)

I like "Kevin Song" very much - reminds me of "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" by the Dandy Warhols, but that's probably just me.

Freedom, Thursday, 16 July 2009 15:39 (fifteen years ago)


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